'Platform' definitions:
Definition of 'platform'
From: WordNet
noun
A raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
noun
A document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program" [syn: platform, political platform, political program, program]
noun
The combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
noun
Any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons [syn: platform, weapons platform]
noun
A woman's shoe with a very high thick sole [syn: chopine, platform]
Definition of 'Platform'
From: GCIDE
- Platform \Plat"form`\, n. [Plat, a. + -form: cf. F. plateforme.]
- 1. A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A place laid out after a model. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- lf the platform just reflects the order. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform. "The platform of Geneva." --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Naut.) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop. [1913 Webster]
- Platform car, a railway car without permanent raised sides or covering; a f?at.
- Platform scale, a weighing machine, with a flat platform on which objects are weighed. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Platform'
From: GCIDE
- Platform \Plat"form`\, v. t.
- 1. To place on a platform. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Church discipline is platformed in the Bible. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'platform'
From: GCIDE
- Halfpace \Half"pace`\ (-p[=a]s`), n. (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace. [1913 Webster]
- Note: This term and quarterpace are rare or unknown in the United States, platform or landing being used instead. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'platform'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- agora,
- amphitheater,
- arena,
- athletic field,
- auditorium,
- background,
- balcony,
- bear garden,
- bench mark,
- billiard table,
- bookmark,
- bowl,
- bowling green,
- boxing ring,
- bull ring,
- cairn,
- campus,
- canvas,
- catafalque,
- catstone,
- circus,
- cockpit,
- coliseum,
- colosseum,
- course,
- creed,
- dais,
- dead flat,
- dead level,
- declaration of policy,
- deliver an address,
- discourse,
- earth,
- emplacement,
- esplanade,
- estrade,
- field,
- flat,
- flatland,
- floor,
- forum,
- gallery,
- give a talk,
- ground,
- guiding principles,
- gym,
- gymnasium,
- hall,
- heliport,
- hippodrome,
- homaloid,
- horizontal,
- horizontal axis,
- horizontal fault,
- horizontal line,
- horizontal parallax,
- horizontal plane,
- horizontal projection,
- hustings,
- issue,
- keynote address,
- keynote speech,
- landing,
- landing pad,
- landing stage,
- landmark,
- launching pad,
- ledge,
- level,
- level line,
- level plane,
- lighthouse,
- lightship,
- line,
- lists,
- locale,
- mark,
- marker,
- marketplace,
- mat,
- mean sea level,
- menhir,
- milepost,
- milestone,
- milieu,
- monument,
- open forum,
- palaestra,
- parade ground,
- parterre,
- party line,
- party platform,
- pharos,
- pit,
- place,
- plain,
- plan of action,
- plane,
- plank,
- podium,
- policy,
- polity,
- position paper,
- prairie,
- precinct,
- principles,
- prize ring,
- procedure,
- program,
- public square,
- pulpit,
- purlieu,
- range,
- ring,
- rostrum,
- scene,
- scene of action,
- scenery,
- sea level,
- sea of grass,
- seamark,
- setting,
- site,
- soapbox,
- speak,
- speechify,
- sphere,
- squared circle,
- stadium,
- stage,
- stage set,
- stage setting,
- stand,
- step terrace,
- steppe,
- stump,
- table,
- take the floor,
- take the stump,
- talk,
- tenets,
- terrace,
- terrain,
- theater,
- tilting ground,
- tiltyard,
- tower,
- tribunal,
- tribune,
- walk,
- watchtower,
- water level,
- wrestling ring